Electronic connector including grounding part having protrusion interposed between terminal connecting parts

Abstract

An electronic connector includes a plurality of pairs of terminal parts for transmitting an electric signal; and grounding parts shaped like plates and connected to have a ground potential, wherein the grounding parts have protrusions protruding on a side of the pairs of terminal parts, and the protrusions are respectively interposed between the pairs of terminal parts which are adjacent to each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic connector comprising:
 a plurality of pairs of terminal parts for transmitting an electric signal; and 
 a grounding part shaped like a plate and connected to have a ground potential, 
 wherein the pairs of terminal parts are arranged substantially in parallel to a surface of the grounding part, each of the terminal parts being arranged substantially in parallel to the surface of the grounding part and including a terminal connecting part formed at an end of the terminal part so as to be connected to a terminal of another electronic connector, the terminal connecting parts of the same pair among the pairs of terminal parts being a pair of the terminal connecting parts and being arranged substantially in parallel to the surface of the grounding part, 
 the grounding part has protrusions, which protrude from the surface of the grounding part and substantially in a vertical direction relative to the surface of the grounding part, 
 each of the protrusions is provided on a side of one of the terminal connecting parts of the pair of terminal connecting parts, and 
 the pair of terminal connecting parts is interposed between two protrusions among the protrusions, the two protrusions being adjacent on the surface of the grounding part. 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic connector according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the protrusions are provided on both sides of the pairs of terminal parts. 
 
     
     
       3. The electronic connector according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the protrusions are formed by cutting and pulling up parts of the grounding part. 
 
     
     
       4. The electronic connector according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the protrusions are formed by pushing out parts of the grounding part. 
 
     
     
       5. The electronic connector according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein lengths of the protrusions in a direction of connecting the electronic connector are mutually different. 
 
     
     
       6. The electronic connector according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the grounding part, the pairs of terminal parts, and an insulating part provided between the grounding part and the pairs of terminal parts constitute a unit included in the electronic connector. 
 
     
     
       7. The electronic connector according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the unit is plural and the units are laminated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the grounding part. 
 
     
     
       8. A connector comprising:
 a ground plate formed of a metal plate; 
 a pair of terminals, each terminal including a connecting part at its one end to be connected to a terminal of another connector, the terminals being arranged substantially in parallel to a surface of the ground plate; and 
 a pair of protrusions formed on and protruding from a surface of the ground plate, 
 wherein each of the protrusions is positioned adjacent to one of the connecting parts and between the adjacent pairs of terminals so that the connecting parts of the pair of terminals are positioned between the pair of the protrusions. 
 
     
     
       9. An electronic connector comprising:
 a grounding part formed of a conductive plate; and 
 a plurality of pairs of terminal parts for transmitting an electric signal, the terminal parts being arranged and aligned substantially in parallel to and along a surface of the grounding part, each of the terminal parts including a terminal connecting part formed at an end of the terminal part so as to be connected to a terminal of another electronic connector, 
 wherein the grounding part has protrusions, which protrude from the surface of the grounding part and substantially in a vertical direction relative to the surface of the grounding part, each protrusion is provided on one side of one of the terminal connecting parts, and the pair of terminal parts is provided between two protrusions, which are adjacent along the surface of the grounding part.